PAULO REYDLEON

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PAULO REYDLEON

PAULO REYDLEON

PMP | E.I.T | M.Eng | Civil Engineer | MBA Essentials

International Rail Infrastructure Professional
Project Manager
Construction Leader

International Rail Infrastructure Professional
Project Manager
Construction Leader

From academic merit in Portugal to field engineering across Southern Africa and major rail construction in Canada — a career built on mobility, resilience, and infrastructure delivery.

5+

years

4

countries

900+ km

corridor

63

led

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Personal Story

From scholarship student to international railway infrastructure leader.

A journey shaped by intellectual curiosity, academic merit, international mobility, field resilience, and the discipline to lead infrastructure work where conditions are complex and stakes are high.

ACT 01

Curiosity

Chess, library culture, and early academic distinction in Portugal built the habit of thinking several moves ahead.

ACT 02

Técnico

Civil engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico sharpened structural thinking, leadership discipline, and a global professional outlook.

ACT 03

Africa

In Malawi and Mozambique, railway operations became lived field reality: maintenance, recovery, logistics, and corridor-scale execution.

ACT 04

Canada

Immigration became professional reinvention: industrial railway construction, heavy civil standards, and project leadership in a new market.

ACT 05

Trajectory

Today, the Valley Line West LRT represents the next chapter: rail infrastructure leadership with an executive trajectory.

About Paulo

A multicultural railway career built across Brazil, Portugal, Africa, and Canada.

Born in Brazil, raised and educated in Portugal, and shaped by field experience across Malawi, Mozambique, and Canada, Paulo Reydleon brings a rare combination of civil engineering discipline, project management structure, and on-the-ground railway delivery judgment.

Portugal

Malawi

Mozambique

Canada

5+

5+

years experience

4

4

countries

900+ km

900+ km

railway corridor experience

63

63

professionals led

International Experience Timeline

Five chapters of railway delivery, field leadership, and professional reinvention.

ACT 05 · CANADA

Valley Line West LRT
Construction Field Coordination

Current role on one of Canada’s major light rail infrastructure programs — coordinating track construction, field execution, and delivery interfaces in Edmonton.

ACT 04 · CANADA

Industrial Rail Canada
Heavy Civil Construction

Industrial rail, special trackwork exposure, construction planning, cost control, scheduling, quality management, and stakeholder coordination.

ACT 03 · AFRICA

Nacala Corridor
914 km Railway System

Railway operations and maintenance leadership across a corridor-scale network connecting logistics, field teams, recovery works, and infrastructure reliability.

ACT 03 · AFRICA

Railway Maintenance Operations
International Project Delivery

Field engineering across Malawi and Mozambique — maintenance execution, derailment and cyclone recovery, construction coordination, and large-scale operational problem solving.

Featured Railway Projects

Cinematic chapters from light rail delivery, corridor operations, and field recovery.

Valley Line West LRT

Canada · Light rail infrastructure · Construction field coordination

Nacala Corridor

914 km railway corridor · Operations and maintenance leadership

Cyclone Recovery

Resilience under pressure · Emergency railway restoration

Derailment Recovery

Operational response · Field leadership · Asset restoration

Railway Operations

Corridor reliability, inspections, maintenance planning, and execution

Thermite Welding

Track integrity · Special processes · Technical field execution

Industrial Rail Construction

Heavy civil environment · Project controls · Construction coordination

Special Trackwork

Switches, interfaces, constructability, and rail system precision

Construction Equipment

Track construction support, logistics, and field productivity

Education

Master of Engineering — Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Civil Engineering — Instituto Superior Técnico
MBA Essentials — London School of Economics

Master of Engineering — Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Civil Engineering — Instituto Superior Técnico
MBA Essentials — London School of Economics

Certifications

PMP E.I.T CSTS CSO WHMIS IELTS 7.5

PMP E.I.T CSTS CSO WHMIS IELTS 7.5

Public Footprint

Academic merit before the railway field.

Academic merit before the railway field.

Public references trace an early pattern: chess, scholarship recognition, civil engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, and a professional identity built around rail, mining, railway systems, and business analytics.

Leadership Philosophy

Build safely. Lead clearly. Solve what the field reveals.

Build safely. Lead clearly. Solve what the field reveals.

Safety, accountability, technical excellence, field leadership, and disciplined problem solving are the operating principles behind infrastructure that connects communities.

Executive Capabilities

Engineering judgment, construction coordination, and leadership under field pressure.

Engineering judgment, construction coordination, and leadership under field pressure.

Safety leadership · Accountability · Technical excellence · Field leadership · Project controls · Stakeholder coordination · Railway construction · Heavy civil infrastructure · Problem solving · Community-connecting infrastructure

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Brazil · Portugal · Malawi · Mozambique · Canada

Brazil · Portugal · Malawi · Mozambique · Canada

A professional route from Brazil and Portugal to railway field leadership in Africa, then major infrastructure delivery in Canada.

Contact

For railway infrastructure leadership, project delivery, and international consulting conversations.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · reydleon.ca

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PAULO REYDLEON
PMP | EIT | M.Eng

Senior international infrastructure executive trajectory.

Senior international infrastructure executive trajectory.